Incredible Photos That May Inspire A New Phobia Of Massive Things

by Kylin

Listen, everyone is afraid of something, whether or not they’ll admit it. Since the beginning of mankind, there has been fear, it’s ingrained in us as the most basic foundation for our survival instincts.

Fear is usually a response to danger, activating our flight-or-fight response. While a lot of fears seem to come from childhood and creep into our adult lives, scientists have even concluded that fear is partly genetic.

People can have a fear of literally anything like commonly shared fears of the dark or snakes and spiders. Of course, there are more uncommon fears, like xanthophobia (fear of the color yellow), hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia (ironically, the fear of long words), or the topic of this article: megalophobia (fear of large objects.)

A subreddit named r/Megalophobia, self-described as “A place to post images of all things large, particularly ones that are "triggers" for those with megalophobia,” hosts quite a terrifying collection of massive objects. And a whopping 368k people have joined this community, not sure if for solidarity, exposure therapy, or just plain fascination.

Think of large things like enormous cruise ships, natural mountainscapes, skyscrapers, massive animals, statues, underwater structures, the list of gigantic triggers is surprisingly large itself. We snagged the top 80 upvoted posts of giant things for your enjoyment.

Keep scrolling to see if any of these images awaken a deep-seated fear of all things large.

1. "Visually, Japanese Spider Crabs Really Are The Stuff Of Nightmares"

Mightysmurf1

2. "Terrifying"

tooslow

3. "Lochaber, Scotland 2021 By Mhg Photography"

gonnaRedditAgain

4. "The Norwegian «troll» Platform. It Is The Largest Moveable Object Created By Mankind. (In This Image, It Is Not Submerged)"

F33DBACK__

5. "A Full-Sized School Bus Next To Haul Trucks"

waltreeky

6. "Massive Building"

Phante_

7. "Saturn Rising Behind The Moon"

highitsben

8. "Shipyard At Wallsend, UK. 1970s."

caninesapien

9. "This Is The Motherland Calls In Russia. It Stands At 279ft Tall (85m)"

ILikePancakes21

10. "Redwood Trees"

gxyspam

11. "Dam"

reddit.com

12. "Too High"

traditionaldrummer

13. "This One Is Very Unsettling"

pat_0_0

14. "Had To Search Up If It Was Real"

glass_mr

15. "This Huge Road"

content4meplz

16. "Victor’s Way Sculpture Park In Ireland"

comfortable_wanderer

17. "Winter In Paris."

lowchan_r

18. "Astronaut Bruce Mccandless II Floats Untethered Away From The Safety Of The Space Shuttle, With Nothing But His Manned Maneuvering Unit Keeping Him Alive. The First Person In History To Do So"

lilacrain331

19. "Worlds Largest Single Firework Shell"

mahaleo

20. "Wow"

counterdevotee

21. "Never Realized These Were That Big"

thecasualcaribou

22. "A Mountain Of Timber. All Stacked & Unstacked By Hand"

Browndog888

23. "2000+ Metre Tsunami Looking Mountain In Kazbeghi"

sabastianN-2

24. "Always Forget How Massive These Supercarriers That America Builds Actually Are"

SquealTeam10

25. "It Really Gives It A Sense Of Its Scale. Look At Those Itty Bitty People. (Statue Of Unity, If You Haven't Seen It. Nearly 600' Tall)"

WarriorX-1

26. "This Saltwater Crocodile"

BuRgErKIngFooTMaN

27. "A Bridge In Vietnam"

bananaslama277

28. "Well Yes, But Actually No shiver"

SubtleOrange

29. "It Was Foggy In My Town The Other Day And I Captured This Terrifying Scene"

Janowsk

30. "Tokyo Flood Tunnels"

SailoreC

31. "Bagger 288, The World's Largest Land Vehicle"

YoBoiWitTheShits

32. "The View From This Apartment In Dubai"

g0mbadan1

33. "It Is The Tallest Statue Of Nyoirin Kannon In The World, And The Tallest Statue Of A Goddess In Japan"

Aliciab12

34. "Saturn Enigmatic Hurricane, Twice The Size Of Earth"

Cryovolcanoes

35. "Railway Bridge In Nairobi National Park, Kenya"

biwook

36. "Tallest Statue In Africa"

traditionaldrummer

37. "This Underwater “Waterfall” Is Giving Me Anxiety"

OBUDingusKhan

38. "Mola Mola: The World's Largest Bony Fish"

cryptomelane

39. "This Is Just One Picture"

jughead1939

40. "Italian Sculptor Lorenzo Quinn’s Massive New Sculpture"

kaille0n

41. "Whale Spine"

Calu_T

42. "This Picture Of The Empire State Building From Nj Gives Me A Weird Feeling"

3157899706

43. "Trees Occasionally Beach Themselves In The Search For Food"

MrDootii

44. "Crystals In This Mexican Cave Grow Up To 11m Long, And Weigh Up To 55 Tons"

villeneuves

45. "The Size Of This Tornado Compared To The Wind Turbines"

MinaaBlack

46. "The Dragon's Eye Stone Mine In The UK"

sticcboi

47. "Langfossen In Åkrafjorden, Norway. Stupid Amounts Of Water With The Melt This Time Of The Year"

raptorconfusion

48. "Bigger Than I Thought"

blsckscreen

49. "Creeping Up"

LazthopeMC

50. "Big Boats Have Big Propellers. Imagine Seeing This From Underwater While Diving."

CliffBurton6286

51. "Here’s A Terrifying Underwater Oil Rig"

SerbianSentry

52. "Girl Poses Next To A F1 Tornado A Mile Away"

reallyreallyspicy

53. "At Tillamook Air Museum, Home Of The Largest Wooden Hangar Ever Built, Intended To House Us Navy Blimps, Someone Hung Up A 192-Foot High Basketball Hoop."

big_hammy_ham

54. "Anyone Going On Vacation To Japan Soon? Want To Visit The Godzilla Museum?"

davidscottjaffe

55. "Sequoia In A Coniferous Forest"

Capable-Government-1

56. "Abandoned Movie Prop In A Mausoleum. Poland"

jdeadmeatsloanz

57. "A Waterspout In Florida"

earthmoonsun

58. "Mt Fuji As Seen From A Nearby Town"

david_bueno2

59. "That's A Big Honking Nope"

Depression_nap19

60. "Golden God"

Waderwedoonheerb

61. "Big Sand Dune"

cdubose

62. "The Buildings In The Background"

Tazluh

63. "This Is How Big Anchor Chains Are. It Makes Sense But Dang"

astrotheastro

64. "Scares The Shit Outta Me Every Time"

65. "1,320-Ton God Of War Statue In China"

MyCatPoopedTinsel

66. "House Near A Plantation"

Kaiserreich23

67. "That Small Dot Is Mercury In Front Of Sun. Definitely Unsettling"

Riki1996

68. "Mt. St Helens Eruption, 1980"

maxkmiller

69. "These Powerlines Showing The Curvature Of The Earth Really Drives The Point Home We Are Living On The Most Monstrously Large Object Any Of Us Have Ever Seen."

TimothyGonzalez

70. "Just An Iceburg Casually Strolling By."

oh_no_aliens

71. "Lady Buddha Statue Located At Linh Ung Pagoda, Da Nang, Vietnam"

HellsJuggernaut

72. "This Gets Me Every Time"

SteadyIsFlying

73. "The Kelpies, Scotland, During Thunderstorm"

Live-Love-Lie

74. "King Albert's Tower. Person At The Base For Scale"

SYLOH

75. "Iceberg Passing A House In Greenland"

BigOldQueer

76. "Funny Yet Terrifying"

KodeBenis

77. "So I Herd U Like Salt Mines..."

Pipinpadiloxacopolis

78. "This Abandoned Power Plant"

fightersguildrecruit

79. "The Sheer Scale Of An Open Pit Diamond Mine Compared To The Surrounding Town"

Bunnystrawbery

80. "This Circular Building In China Is Masssssive"

Do you have a newfound fear of massive things yet? The amount of work that went into creating some of these structures is mindboggling.

What pictures surprised you the most? Let us know in the comments below, and if you have a friend who claims to be fearless, share this article with them to see if you can call their bluff.